Ranging across the globe and excavating past and present, Colonies of Paradise by Matthias Göritz is a personal journey of self-discovery. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: Colonies of Paradise, by Matthias Goritz @nyjb
“They were living in America pandemically.” Continue reading Commonplace Book: John Ashbery, Prophet
Compelling passages, notable quotables, bon mots, disjecta, ephemera, and miscellany. Upon a hill he turned, To take a last fond look Of the valley and the village church, And the cottage by the brook. He listened to the sounds So familiar to the ear, And the soldier leant upon his sword And wiped away a tear. … He turned and left the spot, Oh! do not deem him weak, For dauntless was the soldier’s heart, Tho’ tears were on his cheek. Go watch the foremost ranks, In danger’s dark career. Be sure the hand most daring there Has wiped away … Continue reading Commonplace Book: The Soldier’s Tear
“Feed is a brilliant contemplation of love seen through the lenses of food, pop culture, and raw emotion.” Continue reading Feed, by Tommy Pico @ NYJB
What Dunbar managed to do involved capturing his unique human experience and expressing it in several different voices. Continue reading The Complete Poems of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
“Tommy Pico brings his unique personal perspective to this volume. He explores, once again, what it is to be Native American and gay in the United States at that weird moment in history prior to the pandemic.” Continue reading Wednesday Poetry Corner: Junk by Tommy Pico @ NYJB
“Beauty Mark” chronicles Marilyn Monroe’s life with a reassuring simplicity and accessibility. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe, by Carole Boston Weatherford
Emerging from disparate scraps of phrases and images, Light Reading by Stephan Delbos is anything but. Continue reading Wednesday Poetry Corner: Light Reading by Stephan Delbos
“Gravity Is Stronger Here by Phyllis B. Dooney and Jardine Libaire acts both as a time capsule and a group portrait. Capturing images from an eccentric rural south, the book gives voice to the paranoia, rage, and love in its people.” Continue reading Pride Plus: Gravity Is Stronger Here by Phyllis B. Dooney and Jardine Libaire @ nyjb
Countee Cullen on black majesty. #BLM Continue reading Commonplace Book: Celebrating Juneteenth #BLM
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